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sPEcIFIcA'rIo forming sa Letters Patent No. 606,579, dated June 28', less. .A pplieation filed January 24, 1898; Serial No. 667,771, (No niodeL) l which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in bundle-carriers particularly adapted to that type of a corn-binder in which the bundles of corn are bound while standing vertically and,

are then discharged from the machine while standing on end into a bundle-carrier that receives and holds them until a load is accugnulated, when they are dropped in a pile in windrows for convenience in shocking; and

the object of our improvement is to provide a carrier that, when it is necessary to open a land in the field of corn, can be adjusted into a more nearly vertical position to receive the A bundles, and when the land is open and there is a clear space for the carrier it can be dropped into a more nearly horizontal position and deliver'the bundles freely. Weat: tain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a top view of so much of a cornharvesting machine as is necessary to show our improved bundle-carrier attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a side view of thesameJ Fig;

3 is a rear view showing a bundle-carrier more nearly horizontal, and in dotted lines is shown the position of the carrier when it is dumped to discharge its load. Fig. dis a view of the same parts with the bundle-carrier raised more nearly vertical, and in dotted lines the position of the carrier is shown when dumping its load; and Fig. 5 is a view of the adjustable connection that; connects .the bundle-carrier. with theharvester;

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The main wheel A and the grain-wheel 13 (shown in dotted lines in the drawings) are to be positioned in the machine at the places shown and are to be connected therewith and furnish motive power for the operative devices of the machine, as is usual in machines of this type of corn-harvesters. The corn is to form a bundle.

gathered between-the prongs O and D and severed by a' knife E and moved onwardly against the trip-finger F, where it remains untila suflicient quantity has accumulated The trip-finger is then moved, and the binding mechanism starts into operation, encircling the bundle with the band, and it is then discharged by the discharge-arms G, which in their rotation strike in behind it and sweep it outwardly into the bundle-carrier that is positioned upon the machine in the path of the outgoing bundle.

The bundle-carrier is formed of a post H, that is pivoted to theframe of the harvester in a bearing that will allowof the post to be raised and lowered at its outer end and rotated. In-the drawings a ball-and-socket connection Q is shown. This connection is beneath the deck or floor R, that supports the corn. ,Fixedly attached to the post H is an arm 'h, to which a connecting-rod hextends to a crankh fthat is pivoted upon the machine convenient for operation by the foot of the driver as he sits in the seat I. The series of fingers 'J are attached to the post H. In the drawings they are shown projecting through the post, and their positionsare controlled by means" of a controlling-bar K, that is bolted to the post H. The fingers J pass through holes in this bar and are held in a fixed position. To prevent the stalks from getting between the bar K and the post H, the space is covered with a thin board or piece of sheetiron L, which is shown in Fig. 2 as broken away. The post H, when openingafield where it is necessary to have the machine narrow enough to go between two rows of corn, is raised so as to stand more nearly vertical, and is thus not so much in the path of the standing corn. WVhen it isthus raised, the bundles have a tendency to slide from the cradle formed by. the fingers J, so that their butts will strike the groundand the load'of bundles be discharged before the carrier is dumped. To prevent this, some sort of a stopsuch, for instance, as the end board M- is rigidly fastened to the post H by being bolted to the inside end of the controlling-bar K. This board follows the post H in its movements and prevents the bundles from sliding from the carrier. This stop, attached as it is to the carrier, follows the movements of the fingers, and its path is in a diagonal plane when the carrier is dumped. It therefore tends to carry the load of bundles away from the machine.

The post II, being supported at its lower end upon a connection that allows of the outer end being both raised and lowered and also permits of a rotary movement, has a support for its upper end extending from the post to fixed a part of the machine, which in the drawings is represented as the main frame N of the upright binder. Ears n are cast upon the binder-frame, and a strap 0 is pivoted between them. Upon the post II a collar ha is positioned and held from sliding on the post by means of a pin that passes through the post. \Vhcn the post H is rotated to discharge its lead, the pin works in a slot 7:3 in the collar 7L3. Connected to this collar is a connecting -rod, (shown in the drawings as formed of two straps 0,) the outer ends of which are separated suffieiently to allow the strap 0 to freely slide between them. These straps are held in placeat their outer ends by pins 0'. In the strap 0 slots 0 are cut of sufficient size so that the pins 0 will fit into them. These slots are cut in pairs, one of which is on one side of the strap and one on the other. There can be as many of them as there are adjustments desired for the carrier. In the drawings two sets are shown. The one at the inner end will, if the straps are positioned so that the pins rest in them, hold the carrier more nearly upright, and the other at the lower end will allow it to approach more nearly a horizontal position. This form of construction that has just been described is available for this purpose, as it is cheap and easy of practical construction. However, other adjustable connections could be used in its place.

To prevent the carrier from swinging too far to the rear, a connecting-rod P is attached to the post H and to a fixed part of the harvester.

Having now described our invention, what we desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination with a binder that binds and discharges its bundles with the corn standing vertically, a bundle-carrier pivoted at its lower end to the harvester-frame, a 0011- nection between the carrier and the machine, and means for adjusting this connection whereby the upper end of the carrier can be raised and lowered.

2. In combination with a binder that binds and discharges its bundles with the corn standing practically vertical, a bundle-carrier pivoted at one end to the harvester, a connection between the carrier and the machine, an end stop attached to the carrier and actuated therewith when the carrier is moved, the carrier being positioned at an inclination to the vertically-positioned binder, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In combination with a binder that binds and discharges its bundles while the corn stands on end, a bundle-carrier that is pivoted at one end to the frame of the machine beneath the floor which supports the butts of the corn and the other end adjustably supported from the machine in a plane above that of the floor whereby the bundles are transported in an inclined position.

.IOIIN \V. IRIDMORE. ED\VARD A. JOHNSTON. \Vitnesses:

GEORGE C. BLAeKMnn, WILLIAM S. BELL. 

